Spoon-hook for fishing-tackle.



Patented July 10,1900

a. H. BACON. SPOON HOOK FOR FISHING TACKLE.

A ucadbn filed Aug. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

. Zflilhewwea anion NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE I-I. BACON, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

SPOON-HOOK FOR FISHING-TACKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,204, dated July Applieation filed August 19,1898. Serial No. 689,056. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. BACON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Burlington, in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spoon-Hooks Used as Fishing-Tackle, of which the following is a specific'ation, reference being had to the drawings which accompany this specification, referred to by letters of the alphabet.

The obj eot of my invention is to provide a spoon-hook that works readily and is not lia ble to get tangled in the lines and which may be easily put on and taken off. I accomplish this by means of a device described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, A A represent spoons that hang freely upon the half-circles B B. These half-circles are made by taking metallic rings which form a complete circle and folding each ring together so that it makes a half-circle, one end of which is then inserted into the aperture in the spoon. The shaft D is then placed between the two sides of the folded ring. These two sides of the folded ring may be left a little Ways apart or pressed closely together, but leaving room enough for it to whirl freely upon the shaft D. In either case the half-circles will work freely up and down and swing around upon the shaft D and against the beads c c cwhen drawn through the water. The shafts D D are connected together by bending the .ends of each into an eye and inserting one into another, so that they will articulate freely, forming a joint. The half-circles B B revolving rapidly around the shafts D D have the appearance of a round ball when drawn through the water, the lower one coming between the two spoons, making a continuous bait. There being two shafts connected together with a joint allows the use of two spoons, with the appearance of a ball between them caused by the rapid revolving of the lower half-circle.

The shafts may be made of steel or any other metal, with quite a long loop at the outer end of each, which connect with the hooks 7c and the swivel L, and these loops at the outer ends have snaps d, by which they are easily put on or taken 0E. The spoons maybe made of silver, brass, or any other metal, as may also the half-circles B B, and the beads c c 0 may be of any kind of metal. The half-circles B B and the beads working upon the shafts, as herein described, cause the spoons. A A to revolve near the shafts D D while go'- ing rapidly through the water and at a larger angle while going with less speed. The spoons may be used singly with only one shaft with good effect. The snaps d (1 enable the operator to take OE and put on the hooks readily, or, as is sometimes desired, to change the ends of the whole device. The half-circles B B revolve freely and rapidly, so that they appear like round balls and work so freely that they do not get in the way of the fish, and so become a very successful bait ordevice for catching the same.

I do not claim, broadly, being aware that there are other spoons and hooks used for bait; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I l. A device for mounting spoon-bait, consisting of a ring bent upon itself to form a semicircular support, the curve of the semicircular bend freelysupporting the spoon and the bent end portions adapted to receive a rod longitudinally therethrough, substantially as described.

2. A fishing-tackle device comprising a rod for the attachment of hooks and spoons, a metallic ring bent upon itself and serving to mount a spoon on the rod by passing the bent ring through the spoon and then passing the rod through the bent portion of the ring substantially as described.

GEO. H. BACON. 

